Author: Joshua Alan ParryPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765369540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
An irreverent and contagious thriller from debut author Joshua Alan Parry
Virus Thirteen
Author: Joshua Alan ParryPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765369540
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
An irreverent and contagious thriller from debut author Joshua Alan Parry
Virus
Author: Marilyn J. RoossinckPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069116696X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An essential illustrated guide to the 101 most fascinating viruses This stunningly illustrated book provides a rare window into the amazing, varied, and often beautiful world of viruses. Contrary to popular belief, not all viruses are bad for you. In fact, several are beneficial to their hosts, and many are crucial to the health of our planet. Virus offers an unprecedented look at 101 incredible microbes that infect all branches of life on Earth—from humans and other animals to insects, plants, fungi, and bacteria. Featuring hundreds of breathtaking color images throughout, this guide begins with a lively and informative introduction to virology. Here readers can learn about the history of this unique science, how viruses are named, how their genes work, how they copy and package themselves, how they interact with their hosts, how immune systems counteract viruses, and how viruses travel from host to host. The concise entries that follow highlight important or interesting facts about each virus. Learn about the geographic origins of dengue and why old tires and unused pots help the virus to spread. Read about Ebola, Zika, West Nile, Frog virus 3, the Tulip breaking virus, and many others—how they were discovered, what their hosts are, how they are transmitted, whether or not there is a vaccine, and much more. Each entry is easy to read and includes a graphic of the virus, and nearly every entry features a colorized image of the virus as seen through the microscope. Written by a leading authority, this handsomely illustrated guide reveals the unseen wonders of the microbial world. It will give you an entirely new appreciation for viruses.
Advance Data from Vital & Health Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics
Author: Virus
Author: Marilyn RoossinckPublisher:
ISBN: 0711260923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Physician and Surgeon
Author: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Teensy Weensy Virus
Author: Sherri L RosePublisher:
ISBN: 9781954003002
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Teensy Weensy Virus tells young children about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and how to stay safe, along with a great song.
Structure and Physics of Viruses
Author: Mauricio G. MateuPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400765525
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
This book contemplates the structure, dynamics and physics of virus particles: From the moment they come into existence by self-assembly from viral components produced in the infected cell, through their extracellular stage, until they recognise and infect a new host cell and cease to exist by losing their physical integrity to start a new infectious cycle. (Bio)physical techniques used to study the structure of virus particles and components, and some applications of structure-based studies of viruses are also contemplated. This book is aimed first at M.Sc. students, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers with a university degree in biology, chemistry, physics or related scientific disciplines who share an interest or are actually working on viruses. We have aimed also at providing an updated account of many important concepts, techniques, studies and applications in structural and physical virology for established scientists working on viruses, irrespective of their physical, chemical or biological background and their field of expertise. We have not attempted to provide a collection of for-experts-only reviews focused mainly on the latest research in specific topics; we have not generally assumed that the reader knows all of the jargon and all but the most recent and advanced results in each topic dealt with in this book. In short, we have attempted to write a book basic enough to be useful to M.Sc and Ph.D. students, as well as advanced and current enough to be useful to senior scientists with an interest in Structural and/or Physical Virology.
Virus Structure
Author: Robert W. HornePublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 148327392X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Virus Structure describes the physical characteristics of isolated viruses that represent typical structural groups, with particular reference to those features analyzed with the aid of the electron microscope. For descriptive purposes, the book has been divided into sections starting with the small icosahedral viruses and leading to the larger and more sophisticated structures, regardless of whether they are animal, plant, or bacterial viruses. These include double-stranded DNA icosahedral viruses, herpesvirus, viruses with helical symmetry, and viruses with complex or a combination of symmetries. Many common architectural features will be found in those viruses selected for discussion in each of the sections, and for these reasons the introduction places some emphasis on the symmetry elements rather than the shapes of viruses. The mechanism by which viruses enter host cells and the events that follow once the cell has been infected are only mentioned briefly as the virus-host interaction is a relatively complex one.
Emerging Avian Disease
Author: Ellen PaulPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520952200
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
In this volume, new human disease pandemics, arising from animals stimulated by ongoing environmental change, demonstrate the value of ornithological research into avian diseases. A group of 29 researchers addresses a diverse set of topics, including the evolutionary and ecological aspects of the host-vector systems, the effects of genetic variation, introduction success and vector ecology, evolution of resistance and virulence of pathogens, and the effects of changing geographic distributions. In addition to empirical studies under field conditions, the authors present predictive models to assess the movement and potential impact of these diseases. Other chapters delve into the potential impacts of pathogens and the key role of biosurveillance and documenting impacts of disease on bird populations.